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The Belt and Road Initiative: Past, Present, Future
This open access book presents the main theme which advances the significance of cultural dialogue between China and Europe. The essence of the historical ties between China and Europe has resurfaced, much because of the Belt and Road Initiative launched in 2013 by China’s President Xi Jinping. The Belt and Road Initiative aims to bring China closer to Europe, Africa, and other parts of the w…
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- 978-981-96-1128-7
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- XVII, 317
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The Co-operative College and a Century of Social Change: Internationalism, Co…
This open access book explores the Co-operative College’s distinctive adult educational tradition over the past century as it provided education for co-operative leaders, employees and members in addition to developing a range of wider educational initiatives and ideas internationally. The Co-operative College is a British educational charity established in 1919, founded on co-operative princ…
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- 978-3-031-72976-8
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Exploring the Effectiveness of International Knowledge Cooperation
In this open access book, we provide evidence to support the conceptual discussion of what constitutes “modalities of knowledge interaction” and suggest an analytical framework for effective knowledge cooperation. In practice, knowledge cooperation is realised through different modalities that serve as a toolbox to co-create, share and communicate knowledge among actors. Effective knowledge…
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Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics III: STUOD 2023 Workshop, Plouza…
This open-access proceedings volume brings selected, peer-reviewed contributions presented at the Fourth Stochastic Transport in Upper Ocean Dynamics (STUOD) 2023 Workshop, held at IFREMER in Plouzané, France, September 25–28, 2023. The STUOD project is supported by an ERC Synergy Grant, and led by Imperial College London, the National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automatic…
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- 978-3-031-70660-8
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- XIV, 345
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Spinning the Cosmos: Volvelles in the Early Modern Commentary Tradition of Jo…
This open access book investigates the epistemological concept of and the knowledge transfer interwoven with the moveable paper wheels found in medieval and early modern books—the so-called “volvelles.” The earliest known volvelles emerged in the mid-thirteenth century and were cut out and installed by the reader, often appearing in books dealing with astronomical subjects. The brain proc…
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- 978-3-031-90976-4
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- VIII, 98
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Adaptive Dynamic Programming For Chemotherapy Drug Delivery
This open access book focuses on the practical application of Adaptive Dynamic Programming (ADP) in chemotherapy drug delivery, taking into account clinical variables and real-time data. ADP's ability to adapt to changing conditions and make optimal decisions in complex and uncertain situations makes it a valuable tool in addressing pressing challenges in healthcare and other fields. As optimiz…
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- 978-981-99-5928-0
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- XV, 135
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Special Olympics Oral History Volume 4: Different Stories but One Effort
This open access book commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Special Olympics (1968-2018). This is the fourth volume of the first oral history about people with intellectual disabilities in the world and the first oral history of persons with disabilities in China. This book also includes stories from teachers, coaches, school principals, parent leaders, coworkers, and volunteers. They share …
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- 978-981-97-9446-1
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- XXVI, 441
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Sozialpädagogische Subjekt- und Adressierungspraktiken: Ein Ansatz zur Kontu…
In diesem Open-Access-Buch entwickelt Julian Sehmer einen Ansatz, mit dem sich die (Re)Produktion von sozialen Normen und ethisch-normativen Ordnungen und deren Bedeutung in sozialpädagogischen Praxen rekonstruieren lassen. Die Analysen verbinden dabei reflexive Limitierungsanalysen der Forschungspraxis mit einer ethnographischen Untersuchung einer sozialpädagogischen Handlungspraxis im Kinde…
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- 978-3-658-46699-2
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- XVII, 586
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Space Business
The space age dawned in 1957 with the successful orbiting of Sputnik by the Soviet Union, and it surged forward with the Apollo moon landings, ushering in the era of satellites and deep space probes. This situation in which space business relied on space science probes, space shuttle flights, and satellite launches largely persisted until the decentralization of space exploration began…
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- 9789819734306
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- XXIX, 312
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Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures: 28th Internationa…
This open access book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Foundations of Software Science and Computation Structures, FOSSACS 2025, which took place in Hamilton, Canada, during May 2025, held as part of the International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, ETAPS 2025. The 19 papers included in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selec…
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- 978-3-031-90897-2
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- XII, 424
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